Platform for the Professionalisation of Adult Educators and Trainers in Hungary
This year, the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (SVEB) is celebrating not only its 75th anniversary, but also the anniversary of a highly successful model: the SVEB certificates, which have developed into a standard in the professionalisation of adult education, have now been awarded for 30 years.
Thirty years in the life of a qualification system is more than an anniversary. It means that a professional standard, a quality assurance logic and a shared professional language have become embedded in everyday training practice.
The 30th anniversary of the SVEB certificates is therefore not only a Swiss professional milestone. It is also a highly relevant reference point for countries that want to strengthen the quality of adult learning, the recognition of adult educators and the development of coherent qualification systems.
The Hungarian RIA-AE national report shows that Erasmus+ offers strong professional and organisational development opportunities in adult education. Mobilities and cooperation projects bring new methods, international links, innovation, and learner development into organisations’ everyday work.
This article by Dr habil. Éva Farkas offers a landmark, evidence-based assessment of Hungarian adult learning policy. PIAAC 2022/2023 results show that large groups of adults do not reach minimum levels of core information-processing skills, with direct consequences for employability, productivity and innovation capacity. The paper also provides a foundation for a reform-oriented agenda, highlighting target-group-specific adult learning programmes, modernised teacher education and a comprehensive, research-based national skills strategy.
Continuing education programmes for older adults are often unaffordable or inaccessible for other reasons. This is revealed in a UNESCO study on reskilling and upskilling programmes – which also offers suggestions for improvement.